The National Heritage Academies charter school network educates more than 59,000 students across its 80-plus schools in nine states. While it might be one of those much-maligned for-profit operators, ...

Psychologists at the University of Toronto have found that we begin to make moral character judgments as early as 12 months old. The research, published in Communications Psychology, also recognizes ...

In recent years, interest in moral character has grown, as has its role in promoting ethical behavior within organizations. Yet we know little about the ways moral character manifests in observable ...

Although there are many definitions of character, adults can best help young people develop it if they have a clear idea of what it is and what it is not, moderator Richard Lerner commented in ...

Often character is discussed as the core component of oneself, representing values and actions void of social context. However, in the absence of all else, moral integrity is meaningless. The trope of ...

Source: Artwork by Alexi Berry. Used with permission. Almost two years ago I wrote about cheating and deception (Incentivizing Lying). It was not well-received (less than a thousand reads to date).

Although adults’ sense of morality has previously been mapped, until now we have known little about what children care about, or how this might change as they age. Our team of researchers from the ...